Thanksgiving Is Near

As Thanksgiving approaches I am thankful for the wonderful students that I am able to teach this year. I am also thankful for the excitement we are all feeling about the novels we are reading (The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis and Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George). In grammar, students are tackling indirect objects and are understanding well.

The students have also been recently introduced to the Six Traits of Writing, and our writing project for this week has focused on conversation in writing as we write character dialogues that might happen around a Thanksgiving table. The students were asked to select four fictional characters and completed a graphic organizer during the pre-writing stage. During this stage the students were also asked to sketch a comic so that readers (and the writer) might better visualize the table conversation. During the drafting stage, the students practiced quotation rules by translating their comic into paragraph form. Students revised their drafts by using their revision tools sheet. The revision tool that was added this week was "Avoiding Repetition". Students especially avoided using the word 'said' too often in their writing. Finally, students will edit and publish both in comic and paragraph format. I am excited to view their products!